What is the Personal Graduation Plan, PGP?

A focused and successful high school path leads to future success in higher education, workforce training, and career. Revised state requirements and HISD’s own rigorous standards — along with a broad choice of career pathways — help students work with parents and educators to map their coursework to align with their aptitudes and interests. Planning a path — identifying a direction and setting goals — helps make education relevant to a student’s future.

With the assistance of their dean, students will design their high school path or “Personal Graduation Plan” (PGP).  In addition to their foundational classes, the students will decide on one or more endorsement plans:

• Arts and Humanities,
• Business and Industry
• Multi-Disciplinary
• Public Services
• STEM

These endorsements will help create a personalized learning plan aligning with a student’s career interests and goals. Families will be given student options well in advance to assist them in selecting a high school endorsement and career pathway that meets the student’s career interests and post-secondary goals.

Key Things To Know

• A student must complete a PGP upon entering 9th grade
• Students and counselors will plan the 4 years of high school classes and the corresponding endorsements. (shown in DOCUMENTS)
• Students and parents must confirm and sign the personal graduation plan.

Resources

Step 1: How to Create an Account Using the Access Code

Step 2: Completing Forms in HISD Connect Parent Portal

If you need help completing your PGP, please contact your counselor:

• Room: B116
• email: WestburyHS@houstonisd.org
• Phone: (713) 723-6015
• Microsoft Teams/E-mail: @Brown, Zahra (M-Rf), @Ekwemalor, Toochukwu (F-L), @Flakes, Cherone (Rg-Z), @Rose, Erica (A-E)
• Office hours: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (hours are flexible)